Search underway for person who fell from fishing boat

Coast guard and Transport Canada vessels and aircraft are involved in the search.. (ERIC WYNNE/Staff)

A search is underway for someone who went overboard from a fishing boat 35 nautical miles southeast of Shearwater.

Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre Halifax received the call at about 10:30 p.m. on Thursday evening.

A number of coast guard and Transport Canada vessels and aircraft are involved in the search including Canadian Armed Forces aircraft, the Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard Auxilliary, Provincial Air Lines,Transport Canada, and other fishing vessels.